tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034355575156935322.post-30957574160941800002018-02-14T12:08:00.001+01:002018-02-14T12:08:03.931+01:00Footballers joining and leaving a club soon after | The Knowledge<p>Plus: extreme weather at the very first MLS Cup and winning the FA Cup the hard way. <a href="mailto:knowledge@theguardian.com">Mail us your questions and answers</a> or tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/theknowledge_gu">@TheKnowledge_GU</a></p><p><strong>“Scott Bain signed for Hibs on loan on the first day of the window and left for Celtic on the last day. Have any other players ever joined and left a club in the same window?”</strong> tweets Brian Milne.</p><p>The answer, of course, is yes. In the summer of 1980, Clive Allen joined Arsenal from QPR for a fee of £1.25m. He played in three friendlies before joining Crystal Palace’s team of the 80s, in a swap deal which sent Kenny Sansom and his Norman Wisdom impressions in the opposite direction. Ostend Gudgeon reckons this became a Newman-Baddiel running gag, “probably in the Mary Whitehouse Experience”.<br tabindex="-1" /></p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/14/footballers-joining-and-leaving-a-club-in-the-same-transfer-window-the-knowledge">Continue reading...</a><br /><br />from Football | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2ED3dSB<br />Harry colehttps://plus.google.com/116836760245395209061noreply@blogger.com